Re: [PLUG] OT: Linux Business Forum

["W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>]

It's hard to get a tech job because budgets aren't growing, so positions
aren't being added. Budgets have many pockets - headcount, capital
expenses, ect. Employees usually don't get laid off with a deptartmental
budget cut (consultants may not get contracts renewed - but their funding
comes from a diferent pocket) - employees typically are laid off when
business needs a work force reduction to trim operating expenses.

I agree that employees are costly - but I still believe that managers want
to avoid layoffs as much as possible. It's bad for moral, it's HARD to
hire people back - because getting open reqs for poistions is tough - and
bringing in new people is always an unknown variable that can throw a
wrench in an otherwise smoothly running machine.



> W. Chris Shank (chris.shank@acetechgroup.com) wrote this on 10 15, 02 at
> 20:59:
>> I agree with you Fred, mostly anyway. In order for Linux to truly be
>> taken seriously it needs to cost $$$.
>
> "You get what you pay for". Direct quote from one of the guys in my
> department, who is an AIX consultant who is on site 2 days a week.
>
> This from a guy who is an reseller of IBM equipment, who is probably the
> biggest backer of Linux out there today.
>
>> to be in the form of services and expertise, not in  right to use
>> licensing. Budgets to get cut if they aren't used - but in this
>> climate - budgets are geting cut anyway. Managers NEVER want to cut
>> staff. Most
>
> Employees are probably the costliest item in a departmental budget,
> between yearly salary and benefits. And one of the places where cuts
> take
> place. That's why it's so hard to get a tech job these days.
>
>> would rather lose their right arm. The 2 major metrics for a manager
>> are number of people they manage and size of their budget. So if you
>> can offer a manager a solution that fits their (now reduced budget)
>> yet allows them to keep headcount even - well, that guy is going to be
>> happy.
>>
>> You on the otherhand - are working in academia - so salaries are
>> already lower - unless you bring in research grant monies.
>
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